Service-for-equity arrangements: Untangling motives and conflicts

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 886-909

  Henderson, James ^a   Leleux, Benoit ^b   White, Ian ^a  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b IMD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Professional service; Service for equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746795020     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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